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  1. twiddle one's thumbs: Merriam-Webster
  2. twiddle one's thumbs: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. twiddle one's thumbs: Wiktionary
  4. twiddle one's thumbs, twiddle ones thumbs: Dictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (twiddle one's thumbs)

verb:  to circle one's thumbs around one another, usually with the fingers interlaced, usually done idly while waiting or bored
verb:  (idiomatic) To wait or dawdle; to accomplish nothing useful or lack a useful occupation.


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